Hi, this will be my first story in this fandom, though I've been lurking for almost a year now, and I wanted my first story to be about these two. I ship them both ways, friends or more, because I have the inclination of shipping non canon romantic ships. I don't know why but it's more fun (and painful).

English is not my native language so mistakes are present and they are all mine alone.

Disclaimer: I do not own these characters, you know the drill…


"The curse..." two words were never spoken with such remorse. She thought that the curse that the Snow Queen casted was already broken and Emma's one of the immuned. A week after the curse and when everything is going fine, except for the three bitches, plus Gold, that happened to crash into town and is starting another arc in the history of Storybrooke, Emma stared acting weird. They didn't think much about it at first thinking that it was just a bad day for the blonde sheriff.

But it continued for days and Emma started openly insulting people instead of her soft approach, which includes subtle jabs here and there. Regina didn't know about it until Henry, one morning, rushed into the mansion telling her to come with him because something happened to Emma. Of course she went with him, worried that the woman caught herself in another magical mishap caused be her own magic. Then maybe she can gloat for a few minutes after.

What she didn't expect was seeing the blonde behind the bars, her arms dangling on the bars like she always do when she was thrown in during her early days in town. Snow, with her baby, Charming, and Leroy, with a ripe black eye on the left side of his face, were in the station. Regina looked at Henry, the latter shrugging before looking at his other mother.

"The curse got her. She's been attacking everyone who stops her, literally and figuratively" he lowered his head and Regina could sense that Henry also got his share of 'hate' from his other mother. She knew that everything a person does while under the curse in not controlled by the person, she knew that Emma didn't mean whatever she said.

But that didn't stop her from going all defensive for Henry.

She raised her chin and slowly made herself known, even though she suspected they already know she's there. All four looked at her but her gaze is locked on the blonde behind the bars. A smirk appearing on Emma's face, which gave her the feeling of fear and... hurt? She shook her head.

"Miss Swan, what in the hell did you do now?" she raised a perfect eyebrow while putting a hand on her hips. Her usual power stance.

"I did nothing, Madame Mayor" she replied before she gasped mockingly, "Oh, that's right, you're not the mayor anymore. People got tired of you, huh?"

It wasn't as bad as she thought. That insult just went in the book of 'Lamest Insult the Sheriff Came Up With'.

"Even being under the curse did not improve your crudeness." Regina retorted and looked at Snow.

"She's been like that yesterday, though it was just mild like 'your dress makes you look like a sixty year old' and 'Granny's diner is so old that it needs to close down'. Granny didn't like that one and kicked Emma out, she's banned until she's back to normal" Snow rocked baby Neal in her arms while Emma continued to talk in the background before huffing and retreating to the small bed inside the cell.

"How is that even possible? The Snow Queen is dead, it's supposed to go away after that. How are we going to end this?" Charming said as he gripped the table he's sitting on, he looked at Emma and the blonde stared at him with cold eyes.

He's right and Regina acknowledges it. They need to know how to remove the curse before Emma finds out how addicting it is to use your power to terrorize. That leads to the thought why Emma haven't used her powers to escape her small prison. She shrugged the question for the moment and looked at the dwarf tending his eye with an ice bag.

"Got in a fight with her inside Granny's, got kicked out with her" Leroy answered the unspoken question and Regina raised her eyebrow but didn't say anything.

She looked at the distressed parents before looking back at the blonde glaring at them inside the cell. Aside from insulting people, which Regina does almost every day, and hitting Leroy, which happens to the dwarf often, Regina doesn't see Emma as a threat, actually. Maybe she hurt Henry's feelings and she can give the woman a punishment befitting her actions, under a curse or not.

"What else did she do exactly, that you have to lock her up. Excluding beating up Leroy here" she motioned her hand towards Leroy who shouted a 'Hey!' and was ignored.

"Nothing yet, but we locked her up just in case" Snow hugged her baby tighter and Regina knew what she wanted to say.

"Mom, you need to help her. You're the only one who can help her now" Henry and the others now know what happened between Gold and Belle. His deeds exposed by the pirate, who used the reason that Gold had his heart and was using it to control him, and apologized to Belle non-stop. The sucking of the fairies was also revealed and they don't have the slightest idea on how to get the fairies out of the hat. So it is a fact that Regina is the only person who can help her now.

She looked at Henry and smiled, she cupped his cheek fondly and nodded.

"I will help her, Henry. I will find a way to undo the curse" and that simple statement calmed not only Henry but Snow and Charming also.

"You do that, Sister, or we'll be locking our sheriff forever"

"Shut up, dwarf" Emma snapped.

"Whatever, you don't even know what you're doing" he stood up, carrying his ice pack with him, "I'll leave now before I say something rude"

"Like your normal is not rude enough"

"Miss Swan!" Regina scolded her and the woman turned to her. Leroy rolling his eyes before walking out.

"What? It's between me and Leroy, you don't have a say in this"

"I do have a say in this if your behavior is worrying our son. I don't have any idea on how you got the curse because you were perfectly normal when the actual curse hit" Regina sighed, "You and your carelessness is going to get you killed someday"

"Why wait when you can do it right now, I won't fight. It's what you do anyway" the blonde stood up from her cot and stood directly in front of her behind the bars. She extended her arms beside her, encouraging her to rip her heart out. Regina's eyes darkened and Snow seemed to notice it.

"David, why don't you take Henry back to the apartment" Charming was about to protest but stopped when Mary Margaret gave him 'the look'. He shut his mouth and led Henry out of the station.

"I'm past that, Swan" Regina reminded herself that it's the curse talking and not Emma. The woman promised her a happy ending, protected her from wraith and people, defended her and believed in her when no one else did. She knew that the woman didn't mean it.

"Really? Then why do I see the Evil Queen lurking underneath, waiting to come out?" Emma continued, she rested her arm on the bars, leaning forward.

Regina tried to calm herself. She knew it was true, the darker side of her just waiting to come out but she's doing her best to fight against it. Rumple tempted her when Robin was going with his wife past the town line, she felt the Evil Queen coming out, trying to control her. But she didn't let it. Regina is who she is now and she's determined to keep it that way. She shook the idea of grabbing Robin and Roland and just letting Marian walk past the town line alone.

Because it's not who she is anymore.

"Emma!" Snow's voice broke Regina's thoughts and reminded her that Emma's still under the curse and she's starting to be affected by the words of the blonde.

"What? It's true isn't it? I know it is" she continued baiting Regina and the latter just kept on telling herself not to bite back.

Snow looked at Regina and walked closer to her. She was sure the pixie haired woman could feel her trembling even if she's not touching her.

"She doesn't mean that, Regina. Like I don't mean what I said about you when were under the curse. You know Emma, she won't do or say anything like that"

Regina wanted to remind her that Emma once called her a monster but a loud laugh echoed around the room, the two woman turned their attention to Emma.

"You know, I also hate it when you guys always see the savior in me. I should be good because I'm the savior, I should be good because I'm the product of true love and the daughter of Snow white and Prince Charming, like, really?" her eyes now turned a darker shade and cold.

"You don't know who I am, you don't even know what I want. You always push what I should do and tell me what I shouldn't just because I'm the fucking savior." now there's anger in her eyes as she looked straight at Snow. The latter, on the other hand, showed guilt as all the things Emma said were true.

And it hurts like a bitch.

And Regina, with all her dislike for Snow, felt sorry for the woman. If it wasn't for her wanting vengeance Emma wouldn't have been sent in a magical wardrobe and grew up without parents.

Emma was about to say more but Regina thought that she already said enough. She flicked her wrist and an invisible force prevented Emma from even opening her mouth. The blonde woman glared at her and tried her best to remove it with her own magic but it was useless.

"If you only followed my advice to practice your magic, you'd be able to remove a simple spell like that" she turned to Snow, "I think this encounter is enough for one day" but before they leave, Regina put a containment spell on the cell.

Emma gave her a look that says 'Really? I removed the one on your vault, what makes you think that I can't do it twice?'

"With all means, try" she put a hand on Snows back to lead her out of the station. She also placed another spell on the whole building, just in case.

Regina wanted to congratulate Snow for holding her ground and not crying inside because the second she finished casting the spell, Snow started crying her eyes out and using baby Neal as some sort of comforter. She looked around and saw no one, at least no one will judge her for making Mary Margaret cry when it's not really her fault. She placed her hand on the woman's back and started rubbing gently, slowly calming the woman. After a few minutes, Mary Margaret stopped crying.

"Let's meet up with David and Henry at home..." she looked at Regina, "Or do you want to find the solution with your books... alone?"

Regina never thought that there will be a time where the other woman will ask for her decision first than just tell her what to do. Of course Henry's different, she'll do everything for Henry even if he asks for it or not.

The simple question assuring her that she doesn't have to be evil anymore. She has a whole family now.

Snow waited patiently for her answer.

"No, I'll just grab some things and I'll be there" she gave her a small smile instead of her usual smirk. Snow also smiled at her. This small exchange showed how they both grew, in between fighting new villains and living in curses.

"Great! See you at the apartment" then Snow skipped, Regina couldn't find other words to describe what the woman was doing, back to her small apartment.

Now all she needs to do is bring some important books and find a solution to remove the Shattered Sight from Emma because, the woman's words cut harder and deeper than any physical pain the woman caused. And Henry's also affected as his other mother seem to say something that made Henry wary around her.

"Arrghh, Reginaaaaa!" she heard Emma shouting her name inside the station with pure anger.

A weird sense of déjà vu washed through her before shrugging it off and walking back to her car. She still have to get some books from her vault after all.